The Iola register., 1887-12-23
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sort Of please her; apples was sl1erce n
there. Seemed as though she growed sweet
er an prettier every day. Poll and Sally
was real clever, and master hands to work
but there didn't none of the lumber hands
ever ask them to fetch the dipper, you'd
better b'lieve. Sally had fire-red hair and
green eyes, and was as freckled as frog;
and Poll had whopper jaw and snut
nese; SO they wasn't what you might call
real enticin', neither Of 'cm. But Pauliny-
great Gosh! she was hull team as fur ae
loOlD 60; and as clever as she was good
loolin'.
They say looks don't 60 fur, but ltell ye
they do; tisn't cabbages and p'taters that
follB build glass houses for, 50 As TO have
'em all times o. year-it's posies and roses
and sech. A good womaa's q good thing.
but when she's good-lookin to boot she's
the best thing this aide Of Jordan, now
tell ye.
swell. the summertime went along, and
I got to feelin' as though must find out
whether Pauliny thought as much of me as
did of her, before 1 put in to that lumber
job: and was thinkin' how should do il,
and kind of despisin' myself for bein' scarf
at little woman, yet havin' to own that I'd
rather face ''painter" with jack knife
than ask her fair and squar' how 1t was with
her, when l came stumblin' one day into the
barn. and there was Sam, face down in the
hay-bay.
"'Eamr says 1, what ais yet be you at
tacted with colic!' He was kind of sub
jicted to that.
"'No. growled Sam, jest like o bear.
1o< f,l1 l<1
suthin' for We, can't your says L For set
q lot by Sam, but he didn't know it. Our
folks amt the gabbin' kind.
'Shearjashubv says he, sort of solum, for
gener'lly he called me Jash for short. I
want to ask We q question
"'Well,' says l, git up out o. that hay
an ask it, darn ye! ltll be half hay seed ef
you don't
. $50 he got up, and see his eyes was red.
'Shcarjashub,' says he agin, be you
a-courtin' Pauliny!'
"'No,' says /, short as pie-crust.
"Because if you be- SAYS he, settin'
down on nsilkeg, and speaking real delib-,
crate. because if you be, I'll put out for
Littleton, and 60 a-lumberin.'
".What for!' says l.
"'Becos you're the biggest, and you could
lick me all to slivers.'
"I had to larf. couldn't help it. Why, I
wouldn't no more hev laid q finger on Sam
than I'd cut my hand off 'Look-a-here,'
SAYS /, 'we'n draw lots, and him that beats
shall hev the first ask So drawed out
two straws out of the heap and broke 'em
Oh. and Sam got the largest one. Twas
quite spell before he burst come up to the
scratch, and was ridin' on q rail, as you
may say, till he did, but about the end of
November he asked her, and got the mittcn.
Poor Sam! he couldn't go, nor he didn't
want to stay; but he did want to see how ]
come out, though he was pretty sartin sure,
and SO was /, for she was real pleasant to
me, and there wasn't nobody round but
S'rend Marvin. and she made as though she
hated him, for If he come into one door she'd
slip out to another, and she'd turn as red
as if he spoke to her, but she'd come and set
down alongside of me any time, and chat
ter like chipmunk. Well, felt real easy,
and hated to make Sam down-hearted, SO
/ kind of worried along till it como New
Year time, and l was out in the shed splitln'
of her some kindlin's, and heered some
body come into the kitchen door, and say:
".rve fetched you New Years present,
Ms Slater, and l want one back 'Landr
says mother, them pa'tridges be IS plump
as apples. Pauliny, you hang 'em up in the
milk room winder.'
''The' was a big knot-hole in that wood
shed door and peeped to see who twas
and sure enough twas Siren Marvin; and
as Pauliny come to pick up the birds he
ketched her by the hand, and says he:
Mis- Slater, want you to give me this
New Years present o. yours, for mine
why! whyI' says mother, kinder flus-
trated.
"'What say, Paulinyl be you willinr and
up went Pauliny's apern over her face and
Siren he fluag his arms round her.
l cut for the barn.
:" SAM sez l. She won't have me
uuther: she's goin' to hev Siren Marvin
"1Lets go lumberin,' says Sam.
So we went"
.1But you married afterward!' asked
ayes, yes: out in the woods the's got to be
women folks about. She wasn't much to
look at, but her slapjacks and punkin pies
was good. That goes great ways
Ihsd to turn away to smile at this un-
divine philosophy, and when had sobercd
my face and looked round, Shearjashub
Slater had mounted to the top Of the Plym-
cuth stage, and waved his hand to me in
rnut<, farewell Rnsr TrRRy CnoEE